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Hey Cliff, I just have to say thanks. I read the Cuckoo's Egg in the early 90s and while I was already interested in computers, the idea that there were "netwo
by furyg3 5y ago
Hey Cliff, I just have to say thanks. I read the Cuckoo's Egg in the early 90s and while I was already interested in computers, the idea that there were "networks" of them out there... well... it blew my mind.
I immediately went to my school librarian and said I wanted to try to connect computers together, or try to dial-up to library information services, etc. We started learning together.
You were a huge inspiration, thanks.
- beardyw 5y agoI read it only last year. A brilliant and now historical book.
- BuildTheRobots 5y agoMind slightly blown. The Cookoo's Egg is a great book, Cliff is amazing to watch in the Klein Bottle videos, but I've only just realised they're the same person!
- rbanffy 5y agoThere’s a movie about it, with Cliff Stoll himself on the lead role.
- incompatible 5y agoThere's a movie about the hacker: 23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint.
- rbanffy 5y agoThat’s true. I like both movies.
- Tepix 5y agoSame here, my copy from 1989 is still on my bookshelf. Thanks for being inspiring!
- cartoonworld 5y agoThere was also a television adaptation, "The KGB, the Computer, and Me" produced by PBS Nova in like 1992, starring Clifford Stoll as Cliff Stoll! Here is a bootlegged youtube link--it's the best I've got. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGv5BqNL164 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGv5BqNL164 A legend!
- MR4D 5y agoThat you are linking to a bootleg copy of video on this thread is...ironic, to say the least.
- adolph 5y agoWell, it is unavailable on Amazon... https://www.amazon.com/KGB-Computer-Me-VHS/dp/B00004Y50L https://www.amazon.com/KGB-Computer-Me-VHS/dp/B00004Y50L https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B000JLM0RQ/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B000JLM0RQ/ref=atv_dp...
- ASalazarMX 5y agoDon't worry, I'm sure "AMVOOM The KGB, the Computer, and Me" will be listed anytime soon.
- kirillzubovsky 5y agoFascinating movie, thank you for linking to it! I loved to see what logging and tracing looked like back in the day. Looks a lot more fun than just dumping terabytes to S3. I also really enjoyed how stoked and energetic Cliff was about the whole thing. What a gem!
- belter 5y agoThank you for the link. Amazing. And Cliff as himself ! I read the book but just could not stop watching the documentary. Next time I am in Hannover will have to take a photo in front of the flat. It got a repaint though... https://www.google.com/maps/@52.371627,9.7208921,3a,53.1y,139.11h,86.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjE4vXqAv0Vh8Rzco1Nk0LQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@52.371627,9.7208921,3a,53.1y,13...
- theelous3 5y agoHa! I didn't know the klien bottle guy was the accounting error guy. That's very cool. Googled him there and he's listed as an astronomer. But the astronomers consider him a computer guy ;)
- cartoonworld 5y agoYou should read his book! He discusses this in the first chapter. He helped (or maybe solely) design the lens at W. M. Keck observatory, and you can see him on Numberphile a lot.
- _joel 5y agoDefinitely, I read it in a day it was so enthralling.
- CliffStoll 5y agoTook a year to write. Asynchronous I/O, I guess.
- bigiain 5y agoSo long as more than 365 people spent a day or more reading it, you got your revenge on the universe… ;-)
- CliffStoll 5y agoAaah - a tilt of the karmic plane!
- theelous3 5y agoI did! A long long time ago. That's why I mentioned it. It always stuck with me :) Brilliant read.
- alexdean 5y agoI just wanted to jump in and say the same thing. I had the hardback of the Cuckoo's Egg as a teenager in the 90s. Huge inspiration to me and I have worked in and around tech ever since. Thank you.
- JshWright 5y agoOne of my (very sincerely held) goals in life is to be as excited about _something_ as Cliff Stoll is about _everything_.
- queuebert 5y agoThat book changed my life.
- CliffStoll 5y agoChanged mine, too. Q-Bert.
- noefingway 5y agoa fantastic and inspirational read. also great cookie recipe! made them many times